>> hello and welcome to al jazeera. i'm thomas drayton in new york. our top stories at this hour. secretary of state john kerry and arab foreign ministers agree that syria has used chemical weapons crossing a global red lines. from hospitals to homes. from prime ministers to mayors voters around the world have been going to the polls. >> good to have you with us. the obama administration is on a media offense itch making the

case for a military strike against syria. but if and how such an attack will take shape is still unclear. syrian president bashar al-assad is speaking out. in his first interview with a u.s. network in over two years, he told charlie rose his country wasn't responsible for the chemical attack on august 21st and he expressed concern that any attack would degrade his military and tip the balance of the conflict. paul beban has more on the white house campaign to hold syria accountable and please be aware that some may consider the images disturbing. >> these graphic videos were exhibit a as white house chief of staph dennis mcdunough made the round of talk shows. confirmed by the u.s.

intelligence community are further evidence of syria's use of chemical weapons. mcdunough made the case that members of congress should watch the videos and back the president's push for military force. >> i hope that every member of congress before he or she decides how they cast their vote will be looking at those pictures. nobody doubts the intelligence. that means that everybody believes that bashar al-assad used chemical weapons against his own citizens, to the tune offing 1500,ing on august at one tim21st. >> as well as send a strong message to other american adversaries. >> and if congress wants to hold the assad regime to account, and if congress wants to make sure that the iranians, hezbollah and others understand that you cannot have greater operating

space to pursue weapons of mass destruction then they have to vote yes for this resolution. >> for the white house, the most pressing problem is winning over a skeptical congress that returns from summer recess on monday. >> i think a military attack is a mistake. >> why? >> two reasons. one because the administration is proceeding with the wrong objective and two, they have no viable plan for success. >> i think nobody rebuts the evidence we've been presented at the briefings but the evidence is not as strong as the public statements that the president and his administration have been making. >> support for the president is far from certain. he's planning a full court press with six network tv interviews tomorrow and a televised address to the nation tuesday night. he'll need every congressional vote he can get. >> the question is whether we go in and find ourselves mired in a civil war, what does that do?

>> poll after poll indicate that americans overwhelmingly oppose united states involvement in the civil war. for now falling short. >> once again that was paul beban in washington. the latest push to win support for the strike on syria is taking place now. the white house just announced president obama just arrived at vice presidenting biden's official residence a while ago. while the white house continues its media and political efforts here at home secretary of state john kerry is on a diplomatic blitz abroad. >> french support for a military strike on syria but he also came to seek help from members of the arab league. >> there is no military solution. and what the united states is seeking, together with others,

not alone but with others, and increasing number, well what we are seeking is to enforce is standard with respect to the use of chemical weapons. we are not seeking to become engaged in or party to or take over syria's civil war. >> the arab league has unanimously condemned the syrian leadership for its apparent use of chemical weapons. qatar is a handful of arab nations, but when pressed, qatar failed to mention what it could do. >> what it can do, qatar is now studying and examining what qatar can do in order to protect and save the syrian people. >> maybe because of warnings like this from iran's foreign minister during a visit to iraq on sunday.

>> we're trying to prevent a war in syria because once it starts the war amongers won't be able to end it on their own. we know the u.s. president is trapped because he's talked about going to war even though he doesn't want to. we hope he gets out of this trap and doesn't set fire to this region. >> john kerry said the number of countries willing to join a coalition against syria is now in double digits but the list won't be made public until monday. many are reluctant to enter without united nations backing. kerry will now continue his diplomatic tour by going to london. the u.s. knows it will have to continue building the case for war without help from some of its traditional allies. neve barker, al jazeera paris. >> in lebanon, syria's next door neighbor it's been nearly 25

years since the country ended a bloody siferlz war. but the country is divided. in recent months, violent has been in increase. robert ray reports. >> on the surface, beirut seems to be booming. it's a city where construction cranes dot the dense skyline. people relax on the mediterranean sea and buildings sprawl in every direction with roman ruins aside churches and mosques. it looks like a paradise but it's a city on edge. sectarian interests are simmering and the conflict in syria is only making things worse. >> this is schizophrenic. we have many syrians in lebanon. those nation fighting each other. >> across the capital, various neighborhoods have sharp

divisions. flags and signs show who is in control. and who is not welcome. lebanon's 15 year civil war ended in 1990, and syria was left in charge. but syria withdrew its military occupation in 2005, and since then lebanon's sectarian lines have become much clearer. during the long civil war, this was the front line of battle. the muslims on the west side, the christians on the east both fighting for control of the country. since then downtown beirut went through a sort of rebirth. but many of the country's problems have gone unresolved. ing dozens of political parties compete with one another. each has its own agenda and at any moment, tensions can come back to the surface and violence erupt. >> everybody is waiting to get rid of the other. >> in recent months, car bombings have been open the rise, along with -- on the rise

along with street battles. >> the people are divided. >> jihad habi has been a taxi driver in bay reutd for 20 years. he -- bay ruth for 20 years. --beirut for 20 years. >> the shiites and the sunni. this conflict is spilling over into lebanon. >> differences and hostilities that became decades ago are simply old hab thait habits tham imobt thabits that seem impossio break. beirut is the home to many cultures and beliefs. the people in the city of contradictions live with the anxiety and uncertainty of a

potential american led strike on syria. they're well aware, lebanon has never been immune from the country next door. the city that is more than as the paris of the middle east, is waiting for what comes next. al jazeera, beirut. campaign to sway lawmakers and the public. the president is doing an address on tuesday. lfnlings will have live coverage of the president's comments on tuesday night. go to our website aljazeera.com. >> in medical workers are work at home, top three occupations in home health care services are home health aides, personal care aides and registered centers. david ostow has a special report. >> around 6:00 a.m. most

mornings laurie blake grabs a cup of coffee and heads off to work. she earns 10.50 ann as a home healed aid. >> you have to be a caring person. i like it. >> by the time she gets to her client's house there is a list of things to do. >> straighten up do the dishes, make the bed, do his wash, i help him be more independent. >> as medical insurance soars, 70% between 2010 and 2020, adding 1.3 million new jobs. accompanying these jobs are the question of background checks, low pay. >> it's not great. you can't live off of that. you have to have something else. >> with a median income of $20,000 a year, half of these

workers rely on are public assistance for help. >> i have to have help. >> but these people are invaluable. >> a normal person takes up to 15 minutes to get dressed. it takes me up to 45 minutes to be fully dressed and out the door. with my attendant that is cut down. >> so he reliance on her for the basics, cooking and cleaning and getting ready for the day. >> if i had to do that all by myself, i wouldn't be able to do any of my doctor's appointments or go see the eagles, she helps me make my life easier. >> and more people are expected to turn to home aids just as the so-called silver tsunami heads ashore. >> it's that demographic wave into ages where help is needed that's driving this future increased demand for home health

care aides. >> the leading edge of the baby boom generation is reaching ages where a lot of them are expected to become frail and need help. >> might be nothing, might be indigestion. >> add liberty in philadelphia, a cadre is in training. >> we have numerous coming in. we hire between 20 and 25 attendants per week. >> that includes backup and part timers. though the majority is full time with relatively low turnover. >> yes, if the industry is a illustrated source of employment growth even in a very deep recession like the one we saw in 2008 and 2009, that is a very powerful bit of evidence about the strength of the underlying demand for workers in this field. >> there's a lot of people doing it. there's a lot of people doing this job. but it's needed.

>> but a 1974 law also allows some workers to be classified similar to babysitters which exempts them from minimum wage and overtime laws. >> that means the law is allowed to pay these workers less than minimum wage with no overtime. that's right. you can wake up at 5:00 in the morning care for somebody every minute of the day, take the late bus home and still make less than minimum wage. >> that was two years ago. the department of labor is still working on it. about half the states require home health aids be certified, but agency background checks and training are often limited noting they might provide a, quote, false sense of security. >> you all right? >> fine, thank you. >> a lady i used to take care of eventually got put in a nursing home. she used to walk around with a plunger stick and if they messed with her, she would hit you with

it. until i came along and helped her. she was very funny. >> as health reforms take hold and some states restricting the size and scope of their aid programs, some clients are concerned about their future. >> they depend on us, they say, i don't know what i would do without you, what would i do, i have no family. some have no family, no kids, nobody to take care of them at all. >> david arioso, al jazeera california. fighting to hold on to their seats after passing stricter gun laws. >> john morse and angela huron face a recall election thursday. some are not happy with the gun laws colorado passed after mass shootings in aurora colorado and knewtown connecticut last year. officers in the town of pine bluff answered a domestic

disturbance call and found a man with a gun refusing pleas to stand down. they say he shot at a swat team and after several hours of negotiations, officers fired back. iowa is granting gun permits to people who are legally or completely blind. voaks advocates for the disabled said forbidding the blind with to have guns would violate the americans with disabilities act act. the head of the nation's oldest civil rights group is stepping down. saturday, ben gellis said he would leave the end of the year. there's no word yet on his successor. >> a grass fire is threatening several homes in the san francisco bay area, the thick smoke firefighters are up against. this is an area of more than a

million residents. the flames broke out at mount diablo national park. firefighters are having difficulty accessing the area because of the hills, noing casualties are reported. well, wildfires are no stranger to california, of course. and now what we're going to be seeing is we're going to be getting in that period in september where wildfires are going to be developing in southern part of california. that is the norm. a lot of the wildfires in the northwest have gone away but hotter and drier in the southwest, going to be watching that. not necessarily so arizona and utah, been look at a lot of rain falling in that area, rainfall will fall tomorrow especially in arizona, flash flooding is a potential, tonight we are seeing across the northwest a lot of rain especially into parts of montana where we've seen some

hail and we've seen some wind damage coming out of these thunderstorms right now. that is happening in parts of wyoming as well. we have actually some severe thunderstorms warnings and watches in effect and we are seeing flooding across the region and utah flooding as well in the area. across the northeast showers go through cold front has come through and we have seen some very cool temperatures over the last couple of mornings, we are looking at the poarvel another evening with frost warnings. back to you. ballots are counted, we'll have updates from motio moscow o australia and the points in 2003. you'll need a microscoap to semicroscope tosee it but theses are big business.

>> welcome back. despite the availability of legal marijuana in colorado there's still the market for the fake stuff. sib thetic mj -- synthetic marijuana users crave it for the high. whether the drug is linked to

three deaths. jim houly reports from denver. >> it's known as crazy monkey, sexy monkey and spice. it's illegal to use, but some websites get around selling it as i incense. >> two little puffs. >> that was it? >> few minutes later i was out. >> 23-year-old samantha northern was rushed to the hospital after are smoking a little bit of synthetic pot. >> i blacked out completely, i don't remember nothing at all. >> initial reports say at least 75 people have been treated in emergency rooms in the denver area for the effects of synthetic marijuana five in one 24 hour period alone.

doctors like christopher hoit say they have never seen numbers like this before. >> patients are coming in very delirious, psychotic, very difficult to control and very violent. and persons have fast heart rates, low blood pressureless, all very dangerous things. advocates of recreational pot are concerned about this stuff. >> this is completely unregulated, sprayed onto a plant. >> in spite of its users many users are drawn to the synthetic pot. compared to about $50 for real pot, synthetic pot doesn't show up in drug tests. the centers for disease control is sending four investigators to colorado to join state health experts in their probe to see if the deaths here are lirchtiond

to the taint--linked to the tainted concoction. >> there is a good chance something bad will happen and you will end up in our emergency department. >> a message that samantha says: >> do not try it. >> the cdc are set to arrive on monday. jim houly, denver. the science of little things have become a very big business. nanotechnology under the microscope. >> these scientists are ready to walk on the manor but they are exploring another frontier at the atomic level. at the forefront of nanotechnology research and development. a science that is not just about exploring nature but also changing it. >> once you make matter small enough, it changes properties. and we have just begun to explore what we can do with

particles that are so small that all of a sudden new properties appear. >> here the world's top semiconductor makers are going small to develop smaller and more energy efficient computers. one of the things is that you have leading competitors in the computer industry, working side by side. not only are they sharing equipment but they are also sharing ideas. the practical uses of nanotechnology are endless. students at the college are studying pharmaceutical applications from treating glaucoma to treating tooth decay. smaller more efficient solar panels are also in the works here. >> you could imagine these on the roof of your car. as these things become smaller and smaller, they become more flexible, they become lighter. but the performance is good or better than what you get from the old fashioned big glass

panels. >> design firm eyp is one of the college's 300 corporate partners. they are already incorporating nanotechnology into their buildings. >> if we don't know what's going to be in the market in three years, we might not be designing the building to accommodate that. so for us to be here, we understand what might be coming two, three, four years from now and we can begin to anticipate those things as we design our buildings. >> new york state officials have referred to the model as a model for big development, a boast as it pushes the boundaries of the world's tiniest technologies. al jazeera, albany, new york. >> reinstating wrestling to the games in 2020, it had been cut back in february. teresa bo reports. earlier there year wrestling

was suspended for breaching the rules in some cases of corruption. for the federation this was a wakeup call they have said and since they have taken steps to transform the steps, we also know that vladimir putin, russia's president met with the president of ioc and asked them if the vote being that takes place this sunday was fair and equal and all of those efforts was paid off. there was lots of disappointment about the confederation offing baseball football, antonio castro, fidel castro's son came all the way, to ask that the fate of 60 million chur children the united states, cuba and japan, but obviously that was not enough.

>> michael eaves, joining us. >> serena williams faking second seed victoria azarenka. williams winning her 17th grand slam, good enough for sixth all time, one slam behind chris evert and martina navratalova. tom brady leadin leading the patriots to yet another fourth quarter come back. brady was 29 of 52 for 288 yards and two scores and helping the patriots win their 10th straight season opener. gino smith, 48 yard field goal, that field goal was set up on the previous play. jets win it 18-17. that's a look at your sports

headlines, be back with another look at sports in about 20 minutes.

>> welcome back to al jazeera. i'm thomas drayton. here are the top stories at this

hour. secretary of state john kerry is trying to rally support from allies in europe. syrian president bashar al-assad has crossed a red line by using chemical weapons. president obama is set to address the american public tuesday night in prime time. now top 3 jobs in health care services are at home. registered nurses personal health care aides. let's get back to the cries nis syria. the obama administration says it has evidence to prove that thing administration is behind the chemical weapons attack in syria. good to have you with us. let's get right to it. you have serious doubts about the american intell, why.

>> we don't do faith based intelligence. we base our judgments on empirical evidence and we have at least two sources within the intelligence and defense community that say precisely the same thing that went on iraq is being perpetrated now on the american people. namely falsified fraudulent intelligence. now, you mentioned evidence. what evidence does the administration have? they're rooted about their famous four page summary which isn't even described as an intelligence assessment and doesn't appear on the website, what does it say, i've got a quote from its first page. after bragging about the high confidence assessments and we know what they're like, witness iraq, quote, our high confidence assessment is the strongest position the u.s. intelligence

community can take short of confirmation. shortly of confirmation. >> you want further evidence from the obama administration but what solid evidence do you have that points the american intel is wrong? >> you recall iraq. many people knew that a fraud was being perpetrated. very few came forward to say that. there are still people with guilty consciences. and this time they have chose to speak out, through us. what needs to happen is more than assessments. the president needs to release the intercepted communications which he says that assad was responsible but other indications show it's far from persuasive and why doesn't he just release the transcript of that intercept? there is precedent for this back in 1986 when the libyans blue a bomb up in a disco in berlin,

they killed some u.s. soldiers. president reagan retaliated ten days later and killed one of gadhafi's children and wounded another. he was asked why he did that and he said well, the evidence. he went to the intelligence community and said you're going orelease the transport, they said -- transcript, they said no, sources. they released the transcript, the heat went down and america was seeing it in a very different late. that's what the president needs to do is release that transcript. >> you are questioning the american intel, what is the source of your intelligence that may prove otherwise and what does that intelligence say? >> well, we have multiple sources unlike the administration and willing to talk about them. >> and those sources would be? >> one sources would be senior officials in the intelligence

community. with direct access to that kind of information. you will understand, i hope, that i'm not going to give you names. and also, senior officials in the defense community with equivalent tequivalent access tt information. we were told in confidence and made sure that the american people knew it because all the propaganda is in the other direction. >> i want to talk about the news coming out of germany. german intelligence said the regime conducted the attack but without assad's order. >> the intelligence said assad ordered the attack. the other reports shared by mark hosenbal from reuters and others, said there was great surprise the attack took place.

that needs to come out. the administration can dig itself out of this dilemma and the reason it doesn't is it was like hosenbal says for reuters instead of kerry in front of the state department. >> let's assume the president does get congressional approval and we move forward with the attack on syria. what dangers lie ahead? >> havoc. i'm not willing to talk about this. i think we can stop this. what we need to do is get the representatives to heed the flimsy evidence. i talked for five minutes to a local congressman last night, he was drinking the kool-aid. obama says it, that doesn't make sense if you are an effective representative. mr. mcgovern, we appreciate your time tonight. >> you're welcome.

sat down with former congressman ron paul. >> where would be your red line? is there a moment when the united states have a responsibility to go ahead and protect? >> if any country, including syria attack the united states under attack threatened us and came and bombed us or sent a drone missile over here, that might qualify as a requirement to retaliate. but under today's circumstances, i can't imagine any moral justification for us getting involved in another war. because it's been morally unjustified for the involvement that we've had already. it certainly isn't authorized under the constitution that we should be the policemen of the world that we should be involved in these internal fights and picking and choosing in these civil wars going on. it makes no moral sense. it makes no constitutional sense. >> see the complete interview tune in to talk to al jazeera

tonight. 16 people are dead after a nato drone strike in afghanistan. nato deny that any civilians were killed. in a statement they said the operation killed up to ten fighters. the strike happened in the waterford distance of the kunar province. suspected to be a taliban stronghold. a challenge some leaders are taking on jennifer glass reports. >> this is one of afghanistan's model schools in an upscale neighborhood of kabul. that's not how it is everywhere. in a village of pastun zargun in western afghanistan school is held in a tent. only half of schools in the country have actual buildings and less than a third of

teachers have official qualifications. in eastern afghanistan there is a lock on the school door. >> the taliban closed the school three years ago. they said it's because girls should not be in school. >> 34 schools are closed across the province. and the students and staff are under threat. >> there have been recent incidents where teachers were affected by bombings, explosions or some of our students have been killed in the cross fire between the opposition and government forces. >> and that's a problem educators are having all over the country. >> more than 400 injured. we have, and more than 100 killed this year by the enemy of education. >> it's not just security that hinders education here. there are budget problems. and corruption. even here in kabul there are schools in terrible condition. these were supposed to be brand influence classrooms funded by

the world bank. but the private company that was supposed to build them, ran away from money. 2,000 children are studying in classrooms with no windows and no roof. when it rains, the teaching stops. the contracted company should come back and finish what it abandoned years ago. afghanistan hopes by 2020 all afghan children will be able to complete school. there is still a lot to be done to make that happen. jennifer glass, al jazeera kabul. it's been a busy weekend for voters around the world. there were ballots crossed for candidates in australia and maldives. in new york city there has been cries of racism and it's because a democratic front runner who is

white, running a racist campaign based on class warfare. blasio has been polling well facing his interracial family. cast ballots in a hotly contested race. russian leader alex navalne. he remains slightly behind the crème lynn backed incumbent. features u.s. style campaigning. we get the story from peter sharp in moscow. >> he has been described as the man president putin fears most. the charismatic campaigner is the first ever candidate to run a western style political campaign here. his slogan: change russia, start with moscow has become a mantra for his mainly young

middle class supporters. >> i came here because i very like navalne because he is the only one who try to change everything what happens in our country. >> alexi navalne. >> his campaign video uploaded to youtube. it was only five years ago he was sentenced to a labor camp for embezzlement. as a surprise he was released on appeal allowing him to stand in the mayoral election, a deliberate decision says the crème lynn. >> needed navalne to run for moscow mayor. you can't pull a guy who would not be supported by the majority. >> navalne is running against

sergei, an ally of vladimir putin and the current mayor of moscow. he has run a lackluster campaign and a worthy but dull reputation for sorting all of moscow's problems. all polls say he will win in a landslide. anything other than 20% of the vote would send a clear message to the crème lynn that it could not ignore thed. crème lynn that it couldn't ignore the opposition. incumbent has been heavily criticized for his leadership during the european financial crisis. conservative challenger ernest solberg is considered the front runner and is leading in the

polls. rhodes scholar tony abbott ran on a campaign promising to restore political stability, and crack down on asylum seekers arriving in australia by boat. the presidential election in the maldives ended with no winner. led with 45% but needed 51% to win. the runoff election is in three weeks. still ahead on al jazeera, the 2020 summer olympics will be in tokyo. and the international olympic committee brings back one popular sport that had been cut from the games.

>> welcome back. the international olympic committee has passified some critics by reestablishingestablg wrestling. are florence louie reports on the jubilation in japan. >> these intercollege games are coincidentally held on the weekend japan found out it would be hosting the 2020 olympics. soon after the news, organizers lit a flame in anticipation of the games returning to the city. somewhere in the crowd could be a future olympian. >> i want to represent japan in the marathon. >> in 2020 i'll be 28. it will be a good age to compete

in discus. >> the intrbl committee as a way of announcing the 32nd gamings is awarded to the city of tokyo. [ cheering ] >> here's what helped tokyo win. superior infrastructure. transportation system is world class and dependable. it's hosted big sporting events before and has several facilities already in place. one of them is the national stadium where the 1964 opening ceremonial was held. it's set to undergo a $1 billion refurbishment. this bustling metropolis is emphasized its reliability and safety. but safety has been put in doubt by the nuclear crisis, the

fukushima daiichi being plant is still leaking radiation. trying to assure the international imr olympic foundation that the situation will be under control in 2020. glks some may have concerns about fukushima. let me insure you that the situation is under control. >> that strategy appears to have helped. so tokyo will have the honor of hosting the olympics more than once. joining a list of only four other cities. the government says it will not only be a boost to the economy but will help inspire a nation that had to deal with an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear disaster. florence louie al jazeera tokyo. >> that excitement carried over to millions of football fans.

michael eaves joins us. not too early for asking season predictions? >> i have been doing this for 20 years, i have no idea what's going to happen and they never pafn out. we affordablely got to watch some regular season games. even though they nearly loss out on the super bowl, largely due otheir quarterback, colin kaepernick. the nfc champions opened the season by hosting aaron rogers and the green bay packers. two of the touchdowns going to vernon davis. kaepernick wasn't affected by a late game pick, after he was already out of bounds, that play set up a san francisco touchdown. it was also big day for new niner antoine boater, who caught

passes for 208 yards. 34-28 victory. atlanta falcons starting the season on the road, led the falcons to an early 10-0 lead, thanks to a are touchdown pass to tony gonzalez. marcus colton set a new franchise record with his 53 533rd catch. now 10 straight season openers, the bills certainly made the patriots work for it. rookie quarterback e.j, led the bills to a 23-14 lead, only to see tom brady guide the patriots, patriots win it 23-21,

tied or trailed in the fourth quarter. here in new york the jets who also started a rookie quarterback in gino smith hosting tampa bay but give it up for gino smith, he would rally the quarterback, scrambled for ten yards and was shoved while he was already out of bounds by lavonte david, put the ball at the buc buccaneers 30. what a dramatic way to open the season for the jets. so much controversy accommodation in but a win is a win and they get it done, 18-17 was the final. gino smith entered training camp, he didn't so much win the job as the job femme in his lap smith did enough to get the job

done today while the job is his for the time being. >> jetstreajets quarterback gin, fumbled and threw a touchdown pass but when it mattered, smith refused to melt under pressure. >> like i said it's great to come home with a victory. defense did a phenomenal job out there on those guys and gave us a chance to win the game late. my offensive line protected particularly well. it makes my job a lot easier and like i said it's great to have teammates who support me have my back and going out there to compete with me until the final whistle. that's what we did today. >> i think gino helped a lot. he ran, he made some big plays running and they did a good job

coverage wise back there obviously they got a lot of tremendous players in the back end and they have a good pass rush so you know he had to make some plays and quite honestly those plays helped us win the game obviously. >> a late personal foul penalty on the bucs, as a team the bucs committed 13 penalties. >> we've been good with penalties, it's not been an issue of ours, i don't anticipate it being an issue with us. at the beginning of the game we were trying a little too hard is the best way to put it, defensively, a couple of holds. there were too many third down defensive penalties that we went back on and one of personnel ended up in a touchdown and one of them ended up in a field goal, that's ten points, maybe they would have scored them

otherwise but it wouldn't have been in those drives. >> basking in the glow of their second winning, the afc rivals, the patriots. mark morgan, al jazeera. >> serena williams was going in pursuit of her 17th grand slam final. second seeded vick yah azarenka, this is the match toughest for serena, setting up that deciding third set and that's when serena finally took over winning it 6-1, she posted nine as is, one topping out at 126 miles an hour. she had 67 and 4 career best nine titles this year. since the 2012 french open she's 98 and 514 titles and four of six grand slam tournaments. >> yes, i definitely felt the love so thank you all so much

for support. it's an honor. it's an honor to play in new york. i give all the glory and all the thanks to jehova god for allowing me to have this. vick yah you played unbelievable, what an honor to play against you so thank you very much and thanks to everyone in that box over there, i love you all, thank you, thank you? thank you. >> it's easy to get on the serena band wagon. >> dominance isn't enough, she has 21 grand slam finals, she's won 17 of them. two of her losses was to venus her sister. steffi graf has more grand slam finals. she is still behind her. >> the weekend is wrapping up so cefnkevin corriveau is up next h

the weekend forecast. stay with us.

>> well, good evening again. we are looking at some severe weather now really pumping up in parts of montana and wyoming. i want to show you on the satellite radar, into the northwestern part of wiej it was reported by a spotter that we had softball size hail falling. we'll have to get it verified but as you can see those thunderstorms are really going to be a major problem this evening. down in arizona the rain is causing the problem. this is going to continue for the next 24 hours and phoenix you're going to get a break in the temperatures because of the rain. so on monday high temperature of 91° but as that rain lets off we're going to see that temperature jump up again. 101 is expected on friday. down towards the southeast we are seeing a nice break in terms of weather. all the rains have pushed off to the south, picking up clouds to the north but atlanta not

looking too bad. we are seeing drier conditions for you. new orleans, a rain shower or two, temperatures remaining in the high 80s as we go to the end of the we'll week. northeast, cold front pushing through as well as the showers associated with it. we are going to be seeing over the next day or so those temperatures come down for new york. look at this, monday a high temperature of 73° but that is not going to be lasting very long. as we go to tuesday, 82, 88, and that's going to be the highest day of the week as we go back towards the weekend we do expect to see a high of about 79°. now also some very heavy showers have been pushing through southern illinois, those are going to break down but we don't expect them to last too long. we could see more severe weather. that's your national weather, have a great evening, everyone. your headlines are coming up right now.

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